Mailiao Power Plant
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 Location of Mailiao Power Plant in Taiwan
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| Official name | 麥寮電廠 |
| Country | Republic of China |
| Location | Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23°48′N 120°11′E / 23.800°N 120.183°ECoordinates: 23°48′N 120°11′E / 23.800°N 120.183°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 12 December 1996 |
| Commission date | 1999 (Unit 1 & 2) 2000 (Unit 3 & A) 2001 (Unit 5 & B) 2002 (Unit 4) |
| Construction cost |
NT$40 billion (US$1.16 billion) |
| Owner(s) |
Mai-Liao Power Corporation Formosa Petrochemical Corporation |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 7 X 600 MW |
The Mailiao Power Plant (Chinese: 麥寮電廠; pinyin: Màiliáo Diànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan. With a total installed capacity of 4,200 MW, the plant is Taiwan's third largest coal-fired power plant after Taichung Power Plant and Hsinta Power Plant.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the power plant construction was held on 12 December 1996. Invited to the ceremony were Vice Premier Hsu Li-teh, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Chih-kang and President of Legislative Yuan Liu Sung-pan.
Commissioned in June 1999 for its first two units, the power plant is the first independent power producer power plant after Taipower ended the electricity supply monopoly in Taiwan in 1994.
The power plant is owned by the Mai-Liao Power Corporation (MPC) and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC).
The power plant consists of five 600 MW pulverized coal-fired units owned by the MPC and two 600 MW pulverized coal-fired co-generation units owned by the FPCC. The plant is designed for base load service with the capability for daily startup and shutdown operation per instructions from Taipower's dispatcher center.
The coal handling system of the power plant has a truck unloading station capacity of 600 tonnes/hour and its flexible sidewall conveyor capacity of 800 tonnes/hour. The coal is stored in coal domes in which each dome is 120 meter in diameter, 60 meter in height and 180,000 tons in capacity.
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